Comments on: Swine flu cull harms people and the environment in Egypt

By: Cairo’s Zabaleen Scavenge for Renewables to make Solar Cities | Green Prophet

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:40:03 +0000

[…] relied on pigs to handle it, until 2009, when the Swine Flue held the world in its grip, and the Egyptian government decided to eliminate all pigs overnight. This suddenly confronted the Zabaleen (and the rest of Cairo) with a new problem, there was no […]

By: Zabaleen: Documentary About Cairo’s “Garbage People” is up For Sundance Love | Green Prophet

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:56:44 +0000

[…] have tried to fix the Zabaleen, whose pigs used to sort Cairo’s organic waste before the city culled all 200,000 of them in 2009, as though the system needs […]

By: Better Late Than Never, Egypt Takes Control of Mercury Disposal | Green Prophet

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:14:56 +0000

[…] problems are numerous. Everything from agricultural waste, which contributes to the Black Cloud, to organic waste once managed by the Zabaleen’s pigs, overflows in rural areas and city […]

By: Are “Sick Chicks” Poisoning Israel’s Ground Water? | Green Prophet

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:49:04 +0000

[…] The carcasses should have been disposed of by shipping them to government approved burial sites, which were far away from the poultry farms. In light of the adverse publicity caused by animal diseases like Avian Flu, and the H1N1 or “swine flu” virus that resulted in more than 300,000 swine being slaughtered in Egypt. […]

By: To Immunize, or Not Against the H1N1 Swine Flu? | Green Prophet

To Immunize, or Not Against the H1N1 Swine Flu? | Green Prophet — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:20:28 +0000

[…] that tends to attack younger, healthier people, and those who are pregnant. (For other reasons, it’s also decimated the pig population in Cairo, which had been composting the city’s organic […]

By: Green Prophet » Private Equity Company Buys Up Solid Waste Management Firms in Egypt

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:50:55 +0000

[…] For a neat read on how some of Cairo’s 18 million people are making the most out of garbage (film review for Garbage Dreams on Grist). We’d like to follow up to know more how globalization, and waste management firms are affecting the life and trade of the Zabaleen, who were deeply affected by the swine flu cull, we reported earlier. […]

By: depressionboy

depressionboy — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:21:35 +0000

| H1N1 or Swine Flu is a bit scary but it a good thing to note that this virus is not that very deadly

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| cystic acne treatment — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:30:29 +0000

I have a relative who got the Swine Flu in Mexico. It is a good thing that he already recovered from this disease.

By: How To Detoxify Your Body

How To Detoxify Your Body — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:01:10 +0000

the spread of AH1N1 or Swine Flu is really scary. It is a good thing that this virus is not very deadly. We are advised to take Vitamin-C and to wear face masks.

By: Bonnie Azab Powell

Bonnie Azab Powell — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:59:44 +0000

Swine-flu cull in Egypt harms people & environment: pigs were imp. part of recycling infrastructure http://bit.ly/iRawZ